Scrotal truss.



A. J. F. EHRIGH. A scnoTAL mussl APPLIOATION FILED 0012.19, 1910.

@nwe/Mio@ x9 YSW ADOLPH J. F. EHRICH, 0F HELENA, MONTANA.

SCRO'IAL TRUSS.

Specieaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Application filed October 19, 1910. Serial No. 588,007.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH J. F. EHRIGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Helena, .in the county of Lewis and Clark and State ofMontana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ScrotalTrusses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in trusses, andhas for an object the provision of a device of this charecter so formedas to provide for the perfect adjustment of the parts according tothenature or location of the rupture.

Another object of this invention is the production of a device for thepurpose disclosed, which will be simple in construction, and which canbe manufactured and sold at a very low cost.

With this and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novelfeatures of construction, vcombinations and arrangements of parts to behereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewV of myimproved truss; Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of the springs removed.

Referring to the drawingsby characters of reference, the numeral 1designates generally a belt, consisting of a pair of opposite sidemembers 2 and 3, formed of leather 01T other suitable material,connected at their rear ends by an elastic strap 4, and at their`forward ends by straps 5 and 6, the inner ends of which are detachablyconnected by a buckle or other fastening device 7 Pads S, reinforcedupon their outer faces, are slidably mounted upon the straps 5 and 6,and have secured to their reinforcing plates 9 by metal clips 10, heldthereon by means of a set screw 11, springs 12, the outer ends of whichare formed with knobs or enlargements 13, which rest upon the sidemembers 2 and 3 which are preferably curved inwardly to form run-waysfor the enlargements. These springs 12 are adjustably connected to theelastic strap 4 adjacent the rear ends of the side members 2 and 3 bystraps 14. Limb engaging members 15 extend from the pads 8 to the rearof the side mem-` bers 2 and 3, to which they are adjustably attached.The lower ends of the pads 8 are held at any desired distance apart by astrap 16.

From the foregoing disclosure it will be manifest that a truss isprovided for which will fulfil all the necessary requirements of such adevice.

Having thus fully described this invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a truss comprising a pair of side members connected at their rearends by a flexible member, and at vtheir forward ends by adjustablemembers, of ,pads slidable upon the forward connecting members, springsextending from the pads around the side members and provided withenlargements slidably engaging lth'e said side members, strapsadjustably connecting the springs to the adjustable member, a retainingstrap connecting the pads, limb-engaging members connecting the padstothe rear of the belt, and plates secured to the said pads at theopposite ends thereof for the purpose of reinforcing the pads, and saidplates adapted to fit over the said adjustable members to provide guidesfor the pads.

2. In a truss comprising a pair of side members connected at their rearends by a flexible member and at their forward ends by adjustablemembers, of pads slidable upon the forward connecting members, aretaining strap connecting the pads, said side members being curvedinwardly to provide a run-way, springs extending from the pads aroundthe side members, enlargements provided on said springs adapted to beseated in the said run-ways, and straps adjust-ably connecting thesprings to the flexible member.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ADOLPH J. F. EHRICI-I.

Witnesses:

J AMES B. LooMrs, ANTON J. I-Iorgskr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

